The Derek Project, named in memoriam to a young artist, Derek Wortman, emerged from Dr. Linda Bolton’s “Art, Ethics, and Justice” class in the English Department at the University of Iowa.  One of the core questions in the class is “What can/should art do?”  This project seeks to explore this question through interdisciplinary workshops in community schools by fusing literature, visual art, creative writing, history, dance, music, and theater.

To find out how you can be part of this project, please contact Amie Ohlmann at aohlmann10@gmail.com or call (319) 621-1802.

The 2012 Derek Project will feature a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey
on April 19.

View the program brochure for more information. You can also view a research guide created by students in Jennifer Shook’s Interpretation of Literature courses at derekproject.wordpress.com/.